Year 9 Media Studies

You are writing an article for a magazine. Think about the features of articles from creative writing tasks in your English lessons. Here are some tips to make your copy pop. Start with an intriguing headline that stands out for your reader. It needs to refer clearly to your YouTube star. You need to have an informative and engaging strapline that compels readers to read on.  This is where you introduce your YouTube star explaining why they are worth interviewing in the first place. Include a couple of introductory paragraphs. Here you can describe how you meet up with your YouTuber and your first impressions of them. You need to use the correct language register as if you are a journalist writing about an original YouTuber (the one you have created before half term). Your language register must be appropriate to you target audience, so consider using an informal, chatty tone to engage your reader. Using literary devices such as rhetorical devices, repetition, alliterat...

You Tube: Creating My Channel Over the next few lessons, you will be designed your own fictional YouTube Channel. Complete the following tasks below to generate ideas for your channel. In your book, you need to write the title Creating My Channel and then complete these tasks: Task 1: What will your channel be about? What content will it feature? Task 2: What will you title your YouTube channel? Task 3: Who will be your target audience? Will it be a wide audience or a niche (specific) audience? How will you ensure that your audience will keep coming back to your channel? What techniques will you employ to achieve repeat customers? Task 4: Draw, in your books, a logo for your channel (you will create this later on Photoshop). Task 5: Outline an idea for your channel's first YouTube video. How long will it be? (Look at typical YouTube videos). What will it involve? (how can you make this video without a budget and still make it profession...